I've been afraid to admit all week that spring is here, in fear of angering Mother Nature. Chicago is really good at ridiculously cold winters and hot and humid summers, but it's not so great at these transitional months. In my 7th year living here, this is the first real spring that I can remember. Life is grand! That being said, let me describe 2 reasons why yesterday was wonderful.

#1: On the 1-week anniversary (birthday?!) of my website and Etsy Shop, I sold a set of cards to my 4th customer!!! What makes this even more special is (drumroll, please): this is my first customer who isn't related to me! When I got into this whole small-business thing, I must admit I didn't really know what success would look like. But, after 1 week and 124 views of potbellybird.com and 122 views of the Pot Belly Bird Shop on Etsy and 4 customers and 6 sets of cards sold, I'd say I'm over the moon with how this is going so far. THANK YOU to everyone who has contributed to those numbers!!!!!

#2 reason why yesterday was wonderful: It's our "Spring Cleaning" weekend and Jeff and I made 3 trips to Home Depot in a day (actually, Jeff earned an additional gold star for making a 4th trip solo, but more on that later). Now, before you think I'm completely insane, it's what we accomplished thanks to our multiple trips to Home Depot that made the day a great adventure.

Love reading your "story". Thanks for sharing it with the world. Your cards are really lovely - colors, patterns, logo, little attentions to details, and the little birds perched every which way make me smile. I hope others see the beauty in what you have created.

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Sarah C.

﻿Hi! I'm the creator of Pot Belly Bird, hailing from Spokane, WA. Here in my blog, I'll tell you about all the fun stuff I'm up to in addition to making cards, like cooking or biking or gardening!﻿